The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-05-06

Add 10 Vnls llst, an army OF SS,-
665 paupers. How many OF these
could have escaped their humiliat-
ing condition, if reason had con-
trolled their lives, instead of ap-
petite, laziness and liquor? These
three beastly passions govern
thousands. The really unfortu-
nate are entitled to our sympathy
and support. Is il not reasonable
to suppose that passion has much
| tQ do in the frightful increase of
insanity, The insane number 91,-
997 and the idiotic 76, ,S95. From
this army of 16S,s92 men and
women, reason has fled. How in
expressibly sad is this narrowing
picture Let boys and girls be-
ware, how they indulge the pas
sion of appetite, of laziness, Of
anger, Of revenge, and of a quar-
relsome dlsposltionl The wages
are sure and terrible. Justice may
sleep for time, but can not die.
THOSE WHOM PASSION HAS 0 NcE
HoPELEssLY RUINED WERE ONCE
BOYS AND GIRLS. WHEN THEIR TU-
TURE LIFE WAS MOULDED.
8. They belonged perhaps to
good families, had kind parents
who loved their children with all
their heart, No father or mother
of the army of criminals ever
dreamed that such hard and Bit
ter lot was in store for their darl-
ing children. What mothor OF
those whose life is certain to end
in shame and in crime, thinks SO
now? Perhaps, the first serious
and awful mistake that parents
make is to indulge their children
in their whims and caprces and to
let them have their way. Every
evil must have d beginning and
tins issone of those tremendous
first ste ps. Twenty years expert
ence in the school room has left
no room for a doubt, that the in
ferior students, the most sluggish
minds mired in the slough of their
own inveterate laziness, sIubber-
ing every lesson, and the most
/ wayward dispositions to whom the
order of obedience. and restraint is
the call for rebellion, are those
spoiled children who are allowed
their own way at home. Health
full restraint is eminenlly wise.
Earnest guidance, is the way Of
life. Indulgence born of a sickly
irresolution and an unsound mind
sows the seed of decay and death.
From the tender age of FIVE years
to eighteen years is the period il
which the character is permanent
" formed. The after period is
the fruit period. There are, nc
doubt, notifications of character
after this time, for good and i'll
But 1t is the planting time, and
what we plant and how we plant
must determine our future char
acter.
SELF CONTROL TO BE VALUABLE
/ MUST BE PATIENT, PERsEvERING
AND EARNEST.
4. If the aim is to gain the vic
| tory, these qualities must be put
Unto vigorous exercise. One 81
! two sickly efferts will accomplish
| little. The war with passion musl
4 be forever. There must be nc
yielding disposition. 1t must b,
earnest. A half heart can not ac.
complish much. A determined
! lpersevering, earnest boy or cir
must succeed.
GAIN THE Victory OVER EVERY
EVIL INCLINATION.
i 8. Make this the aim. Guar,
against anger. 1t is a foe to sens,
andright. BE. silent under provo
cation. This is noble. Be no
resentful. "Reyenge converts F,
little right into q great wrong.
Revenge is a yenomous serpen
that stiugs itself to death. b
neither enyious nor malicious
1 They are not noble companions
4 Guard against idleness as you
4 deadlicst enemy. Idleness is thI
4 Commander in Chief of the low
4 est forces Of the heart. The mos
\ putrid imagination; the mos
pusilanimcus spirit that casts it
y death palor over the budding o
every excellent purpose; the loath
some and deprayed appetites, de
+ sires, the lowestin the scale o
\ excelIency, and affections, tn
most fiendish, make up the battal
lion under the command Of th'